2013-2014Robert CormiaDolores DavisonIsaac Escoto

WELCOME TO THE FOOTHILLACADEMIC SENATE

Academic and Professional Matters (aka the 10 + 1)

1. Curriculum + pre-requisites.2. Degree + certificate requisites.3. Grading policies4. Educational program development5. Standards/policies regarding student preparation +

success6. College governance structures as related to faculty roles7. Faculty roles in accreditation8. Policies: faculty development9. Processes: program review10. Processes: planning + budget

Plus 1Plus 1Other academic + professional matters as mutually agreed

upon-Title 5, section 53200 (c)

FHDA Board Policy 2223 (1995)Cons

ultation process for academic and professional matters:Primary Reliance Joint Development

•1. Curriculum X

•2. Degree and Certificate requirements:• • General Ed. and Program Specific X• • Units for degree X

•3. Grading policies X

•4. Educational Program Development X

•5. Standards regarding student preparation and success X

•6. Governance structures as related to faculty roles X

•7. Faculty involvement in accreditation X

•8. Policies for faculty professional development

activities (other than contractual aspects) X

•9. Policies for Program Review X

•10. Processes for institutional planning and budget

•development X

•11. Other Academic and Professional Issues : Whether primary reliance or joint development to be determined on an individual basis by the Board or its designee.

What Does All of This Mean?• How do we ensure faculty primacy and joint

development in these areas? • Resolutions • Discussions with and presentations to the board• Committee work • Liaisons with FA and other organizations • Serving as the voice of academic and

professional matters on campus in meetings with administration involving shared governance, tenure, budget decisions, and other matters

What Role Does the Senate Play?

The Academic Senate is responsible for all areas of academic and professional matters, including curriculum, grading, and the like, but we are not an enforcement body, and we do not have the power to overrule the Board of Trustees (although they are unlikely to oppose us in areas that are areas of primary reliance and have to demonstrate legitimate reasons for doing so).

Areas where FA always consults with the Academic Senate

§87610.1 Tenure Evaluation

§87663 (f) Faculty evaluation procedures

§87743.2 Faculty Service Areas

The Senate works with FA in areas that are consultation areas to ensure collegiality; we hold liaison meetings, are involved in tenure committee training and evaluation committee meetings, have a liaison to the Senate who attends all meetings, and use other means of communication and consultation.

Foothill Academic Senate•A

ll faculty are members•N

ot all faculty pay dues, although we encourage all to do so•E

ach division entitled to two senators, regardless of size•S

enators comprise the executive committee•O

fficers comprise the executive council

• 2013-2014 Officers:•Dolores Davison, president• Isaac Escoto, VP/CC Co-Chair•Robert Cormia, secretary/treasurer

Senator Responsibilities

•Attend meetings regularly•Report senate activities to constituents, and actively solicit discussion and feedback•Represent your division (not yourself)•Vote •Bring division matters to the senate (10+1) and author resolutions if appropriate•Participate in committees and other groups around campus as a senate liaison or representative

Senate Procedures

•“Flexible” Robert’s Rules of Order•Covered by Brown Act, so all meetings are open•One week advance for agenda items•Normally present action item as information item for first reading, except in cases of urgency•Vote by proxy with three day advance in writing (email is fine) to the secretary•Agendas are emailed and posted to the AS website no later than the Thursday prior to a meeting

Senate Procedures

•Consent Calendar: for all appointments which need to be confirmed• Any senator can pull an item off the consent calendar for discussion

•President’s Report: Information from the ASCCC (statewide Senate), Board of Trustees, and other information conveyed to the president to be shared

•Committee Reports: • All committees are expected to report out to the Senate at least once a

year• Some committees, such as curriculum, will report out at all or most

meetings. • Committees should include the president and the secretary on

distribution of minutes and agendas to ensure that they are posted.• Committees are asked to send their current roster to the secretary for

posting on the Senate website.

Senate Procedures: Resolutions

•Resolution process:• guides the work of the academic senate• streamlines communication with other senators, and with constituents

•Writing resolutions:• Up to four “Whereas” clauses to present background, argument/rationale• Up to four “Resolved” clauses to direct the academic senate to act

•Must be distributed (except in extraordinary circumstances) with the agendas, and come for first/second read before action as per Robert’s rules

Curriculum Committee

•The most important of the subcommittees of the Academic Senate

•Representation from all divisions but a single vote per division

•Co-chaired by the Vice President of Instruction and the Vice President of the Academic Senate

•Unique structure of the Foothill Curriculum Committee compared to others in the state, and need for reporting out of minutes and actions

Up Next for CCC

• Taking a look at our division curriculum committee structure

• Will continue to push forward with ADTs (Associate Degree for Transfer)

• Create process for validating pre-requisites already in place

• In depth training on stand-alone courses (give faculty a chance to work through CORs Course Outline of Record)

Other Committees• Planning and Resource Council (PaRC)• Workgroups:• Operations and Planning Committee (OPC)• Basic Skills • Transfer• Workforce

• Academic Integrity Committee• Committee on Online Learning (COOL)• Program Review Committee• Professional Development Committee

District Committees•A

cademic and Professional Matters (APM)

•Chancellor’s Advisory Council (CAC)

•District Budget Committee

•Human Resources Advisory Committee (HRAC)

Senate Goals•C

ontinue work in Learning Outcomes, Accreditation, Program Review, ADT Degrees (100% by 2014-5)

•Professional Development

•Student equity integration and Equity plans as a whole

•Equivalency processes and procedures for the district

•Increase participation in governance and other areas

•Continue dialogue with cabinet and other segments

•Work on succession planning for Senate

Resources

•www.asccc.org

• Committee information, resolutions, papers, rostrum articles, etc

• From there you can get links to Ed Code and Title 5 – with search engines

•“Empowering Local Senates: Roles & Responsibilities of and Strategies for Effective Senates” (Spring 07)

•http://www.foothill.edu/senate/index.php